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Homer’s Iliad
His taunts infuriated the Argives, and Peneleos was more enraged
than any of them. He sprang towards Acamas, but Acamas did not
stand his ground, and he killed Ilioneus son of the rich flockmaster
Phorbas, whom Mercury had favoured and endowed with
greater wealth than any other of the Trojans. Ilioneus was his only
son, and Peneleos now wounded him in the eye under his
eyebrows, tearing the eye-ball from its socket: the spear went right
through the eye into the nape of the neck, and he fell, stretching out
both hands before him. Peneleos then drew his sword and smote
him on the neck, so that both head and helmet came tumbling
down to the ground with the spear still sticking in the eye; he then
held up the head, as though it had been a poppy-head, and
showed it to the Trojans, vaunting over them as he did so.
“Trojans,” he cried, “bid the father and mother of noble Ilioneus
make moan for him in their house, for the wife also of Promachus
son of Alegenor will never be gladdened by the coming of her dear
husband- when we Argives return with our ships from Troy.”
As he spoke fear fell upon them, and every man looked round
about to see whither he might fly for safety.
Tell me now, O Muses that dwell on Olympus, who was the first of
the Argives to bear away blood-stained spoils after Neptune lord
of the earthquake had turned the fortune of war. Ajax son of
Telamon was first to wound Hyrtius son of Gyrtius, captain of the
staunch Mysians. Antilochus killed Phalces and Mermerus, while
Meriones slew Morys and Hippotion, Teucer also killed Prothoon
and Periphetes. The son of Atreus then wounded Hyperenor
shepherd of his people, in the flank, and the bronze point made his
entrails gush out as it tore in among them; on this his life came
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